Castle Morpeth Borough Council elections

Castle Morpeth was a non-metropolitian district in Northumberland, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Northumberland County Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973–2009

Council elections

Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1973
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1979
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1983
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1987 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1991
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]^[5]
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[6]
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 2003
Castle Morpeth Borough Council election, 2007 (New ward boundaries)^[7]

By-election results

Ulgham By-Election 6 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ulgham By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		504	48.5	-8.7
	Labour		410	39.5	-3.3
	Conservative		70	6.7	+6.7
	Independent		55	5.2	+5.2
Majority			94	9.0
Turnout			1,039
	Independent hold		Swing

Ellington By-Election 10 December 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		397	51.2	+2.1
	Labour		379	48.8	-2.1
Majority			18	2.4
Turnout			776	35.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Morpeth Kirkhill By-Election 11 November 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		306	40.7	+8.0
	Independent		274	36.5	-12.0
	Conservative		141	18.8	+0.1
	Green		30	4.0	+4.0
Majority			32	4.2
Turnout			751	32.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Morpeth Kirkhill By-Election 21 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		510	71.5	+71.5
	Labour		184	25.8	-14.9
	Green		19	2.7	-1.3
Majority			326	45.7
Turnout			713	33.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Ulgham By-Election 12 September 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		462	75.0	+75.0
	Independent		154	25.0	-47.6
Majority			308	50.0
Turnout			616	26.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Lynemouth By-Election 12 June 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		413	69.8	+69.8
	Labour		179	30.2	-0.7
Majority			234	39.6
Turnout			592	44.0
	Independent gain from Independent Labour

Morpeth Stobhill By-Election 18 March 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		225	28.4	-10.0
	Labour		218	27.5	-23.1
	Liberal Democrat		217	27.4	+27.4
	Conservative		132	16.7	+5.7
Majority			8	0.9
Turnout			792	33.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Pegswood By-Election 21 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Juliet Oakley	417	62.0	+62.0
	Labour	Edward Campbell	242	36.0	-44.6
	Green	Geoffrey Parkin	14	2.0	+2.0
Majority			175	26.0
Turnout			673
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Ponteland East By-Election 21 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Armstrong	468	58.6	+11.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Cogan	312	39.1	-13.8
	Green	Paul Lawrence	18	2.3	+2.3
Majority			156	19.5
Turnout			798
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The Borough of Castle Morpeth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
↑ The Castle Morpeth and Tynedale (District Boundaries) Order 1985
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Castle Morpeth (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Castle Morpeth (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

Council elections in Northumberland

Northumberland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013

Alnwick District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Blyth Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Castle Morpeth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Tynedale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Wansbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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